In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stanford Rivers like this:
STANFORD-RIVERS, a parish, with a village, in Ongar district, Essex; 1¾ mile SW by S of Ongar r. station. It has a post-office under Romford, and contains Ongar workhouse. Acres, 4,386. Real property, £6,990. Pop., 992. Houses, 172. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £1,007.* Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is good; and there are an Independent chapel and a national school.
Stanford Rivers through time
Stanford Rivers is now part of Epping Forest district. Click here for graphs and data of how Epping Forest has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stanford Rivers itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stanford Rivers, in Epping Forest and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6910
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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